They're very useful in violent oppression.

With all the persecution, I still love it here.

First World and Third World, oppression and opportunity.

Deliver Richard, and he will deliver your people from persecution.

He complained of the persecution and said he wouldn't have any dealings with a mediaeval maniac.

In light of the current situation, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) sent a letter last month to the Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Salim, requesting specific measures be taken to protect LGBT Iraqis against hate crimes and persecution.

This documentary, which has been banned in Singapore, profiles nine political exiles who fled the island nation in the 1960s during Lee Kuan Yew s crackdown on leftist activists, and out of fear of persecution, never returned.

They're saving us by redefining and re imagining a future that defies and blurs accepted polarities, polarities we've taken for granted for a long time, like the ones between modernity and tradition, First World and Third World, oppression and opportunity.